BONE-CRUSHING


Meaning of BONE-CRUSHING in English

/bohn"krush'ing/ , adj.

1. powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.

2. extremely painful, troublesome, costly, etc.: a bone-crushing mortgage.

[ 1670-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .